Budgets and Budgeting

Senators push alternate budget plans

2013-05-24 18:10:00

SACRAMENTO -- Bolstered by higher revenue estimates from the legislative analyst, the Senate budget committee on Friday advanced a spending plan that differs from Gov. Jerry Brown's in a number of significant ways. Democratic senators, sometimes with...

City Council approves final Villaraigosa budget of $7.7 billion

2013-05-23 14:33:00

The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...

The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor

2013-05-22 16:45:00

SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...

L.A. City Council OKs Villaraigosa's final, $7.7-billion budget

2013-05-23 21:17:00

The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday signed off on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's final $7.7-billion budget, setting the stage, as several members acknowledged, for many city workers to get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Council members did not vote to...

Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor

2013-05-22 17:03:00

In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...

Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes

2013-05-22 03:27:00

Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles....

Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post

2013-05-22 00:23:00

Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...

California can expect more tax revenue, analyst says

2013-05-17 12:29:00

SACRAMENTO -- The Legislature's top budget advisor said Friday that California can expect much more tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown has estimated. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office projected that the state will receive a bit more than...

Breakfast program, school police to draw demonstrators at LAUSD

2013-05-14 08:09:00

More than 1,500 demonstrators are expected at the Los Angeles school board meeting Tuesday as members are scheduled to vote on whether to continue funding a classroom breakfast program, on an increase in the school police force and on other budget items....

In L.A. council race, rivals still battling over failed sales tax hike

2013-05-16 22:16:00

Los Angeles voters rejected a plan to hike the city's sales tax two months ago, but the battle over that measure lives on in a hotly contested City Council race. In multiple mailers sent to voters in the 13th council district, candidate John Choi and...

Jerry Brown plans more money for schools, source says

2013-05-14 09:06:00

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget proposal will increase funding for schools and dedicate surplus tax revenue to raising curriculum standards and providing money withheld during the state's fiscal crisis, according to an official with...

Gov. Brown vows to take hard line on budget

2013-05-14 10:53:00

Spending 'in a wise way' | 10:53 a.m. As lawmakers debate more than a dozen different plans for raising additional taxes on things like cigarettes, marijuana, and oil, California Gov. Jerry�Brown said he will take a hard line with his budget. “...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, presents his budget plan during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

2013-03-12 08:53:00

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, joins with other members of the committee as he arrives for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol where he unveiled his budget plan.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

James Rhymes works on a car at the Fort Lee, Va., Auto Craft Shop. The AAA says maintenance bills drove the rise in car operating costs between 2012 and 2013.

2013-02-27 00:00:00